Even inside the White House, people want Gonzales to go

All yesterday, all the talk was about how significant it was that the Republican Senators did not defend Gonzales, but, I think the pressure coming from inside the White House is even more damning.

Earlier today there were a number of very unkind "candid" assessments by "senior level aides" and "White House insiders." The takeaway line was "going down in flames."

Now, a little later, we get administration officials telling CNN that "they believe the attorney general should and may be convinced to step down."

The fact that this argument is being brought out into the public tells me that even now Bush doesn't want to let Gonzales go, and people inside the White House are running a campaign to try and shame Gonzales into stepping aside himself.